Judges 15:10:14Judg.15.10.W14TAB
עָ֥שָׂה
asa
“he did”
- Transliteration
- a-SA
- Extended
- aa-SAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SA LA-nu
- clause
va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH ye-hu-DA la-MA a-li-TEM a-LEI-nu va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
Exegesis
The infinitive la’asot {לַעֲשֹׂת | laʿăśôt} ‘to do’ with lo {לוֹ | lô} ‘to him’ and comparative ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | kaʾăšer} links asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāsâh} ‘he did’ and lanu {לָנוּ | lānû} ‘to us,’ creating parallelism that underscores mutual retaliation.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–sin–heh
“to do”
In context — Judges 15:10
And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come to bind Samson and to do to him just as he did to us."
About this coordinate
Judges 15:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 15:10, so the Hebrew word עָ֥שָׂה (asa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.15.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.10.W14.S1) and character.